diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
index 18d895131..e9421e3e5 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::Generate()
   this->WriteString("<ProjectGUID>", 2);
   (*this->BuildFileStream) <<  "{" << this->GUID << "}</ProjectGUID>\n";
 
+  if(this->MSTools && this->Target->GetType() <= cmTarget::UTILITY)
+    {
+    this->WriteApplicationTypeSettings();
+    }
+
   const char* vsProjectTypes =
     this->Target->GetProperty("VS_GLOBAL_PROJECT_TYPES");
   if(vsProjectTypes)
@@ -2100,3 +2105,20 @@ bool cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::
                                         expectedResxHeaders.find(headerFile);
   return it != expectedResxHeaders.end();
 }
+
+void cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator::WriteApplicationTypeSettings()
+{
+  bool const isWindowsPhone = this->GlobalGenerator->TargetsWindowsPhone();
+  bool const isWindowsStore = this->GlobalGenerator->TargetsWindowsStore();
+  std::string const& v = this->GlobalGenerator->GetSystemVersion();
+  if(isWindowsPhone || isWindowsStore)
+    {
+    this->WriteString("<ApplicationType>", 2);
+    (*this->BuildFileStream) << (isWindowsPhone ?
+                                 "Windows Phone" : "Windows Store")
+                             << "</ApplicationType>\n";
+    this->WriteString("<ApplicationTypeRevision>", 2);
+    (*this->BuildFileStream) << cmVS10EscapeXML(v)
+                             << "</ApplicationTypeRevision>\n";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h
index 7436372c6..2bbdb8c65 100644
--- a/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmVisualStudio10TargetGenerator.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ private:
   void WriteCustomCommand(cmSourceFile const* sf);
   void WriteGroups();
   void WriteProjectReferences();
+  void WriteApplicationTypeSettings();
   bool OutputSourceSpecificFlags(cmSourceFile const* source);
   void AddLibraries(cmComputeLinkInformation& cli,
                     std::vector<std::string>& libVec);